Create Plot View

To access this screen:

  • 3D View ribbon >> Save To >> Plot View.

  • Using the command line, enter "create-plot-view".

  • Use the quick key combination "cpv".

  • Display the Find Command screen, locate create-plot-view and click Run.

Select the type of projection you intend to generate in the Plots window, based on any 3D window contents.

If texture/image data is shown in a 3D window, it is also displayed in the resulting plot sheet. The resulting plot projection has the same 3D view and section position properties as in the 3D window.

Once generated, your plot is displayed in the Plot window as a tab along the bottom of the screenwith the default name "From 3D" (this can be changed by right-clicking the sheet tab and selecting Rename).

There are two types of plot projection that can be created. Select from either:

  • 2D Overlays: plot projections generated with this option will be of the static type, that is, a projection that represents the 3D data using legacy Plot window controls.
  • 3D Overlays: a 3D plot projection emulates the 3D view more closely and uses the same overlay formatting functions and view controls. Formatting settings, where possible, are preserved between the 3D and Plots 3D sheet views, including 3D object formatting properties, view direction and clipping.

Click OK to generate a plot sheet and plot projection. The initial view in the generated plot sheet will be as seen in the 3D window.

Regardless of the type of overlays you have chosen to create, an attempt will be made to retain 3D window overlay formatting wherever possible, and also view information such as direction and clipping. See Projection Overlay Types.

Command steps:

  1. Display data in a 3D view. This is how data appears in the plot sheet so set an appropriate view orientation.

  2. Run the command.

  3. On the Copy From screen, Select the view to copy from. All 3D windows are listed.

  4. Select the type of overlays to create. See Projection Overlay Types.

  5. Click OK.

    A new plot sheet is created and the Plots window displays.

    The new sheet contains a single (full-page) projection representing the current view of the 3D window.

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